Subscribers enjoy higher page view limit, downloads, and exclusive features.
'l Daily Alaska Empire Published every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY n Streets, Juneau, Alaska, ing out for, himself first. One authoritative Gorm;\nl paper recently asked whether the British imagine that Germany's food supplies, which indeed great, are destined to feed the friends of N i this winter?” This despite the continual - Vice-President and Business Manager | cjamour of the Nazi propaganda machine that all - ISR the conquered nations now hate England and hope the Empire is destroyed. In the face unlikely that-any plan to ship food to Europe, as suggested by Mr. Hoover, would prove acceptable to Engla The alternative suggestion is made that ngland and the United States get together on a plan to ship huge reserves to the continent as soon the finished are gland of 1d ed In the Post Offi SUB Becond Class Matter. s: las for $1.25 per month llowing rates g hs, in advance, $6.00; Delivered by earrier in Ju ik L4 war is One year e movkh, i Admittedly Hitler's pledged word cannot be s y will promptly notify ! (rusted The record proves this. Thus any plan the Business Of regularity In the de o ship food on the strength of his promise not to| livery of their papers Telephones: New s Office, 314, conf e any of it for his own use is obviously not PRESS ceeptable he s p i | chorage ' ~overs a cla e . T o the use for | RCCCPtable to the British. “And, in ‘the opinion: of} Grace Berg }An(hm:\,,t and covers a claim of 2,560 acres. R ¢d (o 1¢ or not other: | some. such a policy would be national suicide for| David Nichols | B EIR el ocal news published | e United States. It is pointed out that the block- sante Degan | H K. carlyle and T. M. Hunt, field men for the General Land TRCUL ANTEED TO BE LARGER ade is the one weapon that is producing real offen- Frank G. Campbell | Office, on their return from a trip ALAS AN THAT OF ER PUBLICATION. ive results against Germany, and is the great hope Oscar Jenson | hopes there of the passage of the McFadden Bill which would provide GRORGE D. CLOSE, Inc,, National Newspaper Representa- | 01 Dringing eventual victory for I-“.nulu‘nd | Mrs. T. F Cosgrove |a tax of $10 an ounce on gold used in manufactures and arts and that tives, with office S neisco, Los Angeles, Portland, Any action that would weaken England before John T. Phillips | if this measure became a law, mines idle would be able to operate. ontey hitoans e G the United States sets its defensive house in order| g, % G Rt oy, —rIva—Cnihert. . Welinkim, 1013145 doutting disdster | A basket social was announced for December 1 at the Moose Hall american Bank Building & ‘ - P T — Rk e g o e H O R 0 S c 0 P E sponsored by Women of the Mooseheart Legion. ALASKA DAY IN THE SENATE | e et Alaska had its day in Congress a few days ago.| | “The stars incline ! Dall Lessons in En IISh by The Senate of the United States was in session just but do not compel” | y ] W. L. GORDON three minutes. The one item of business, as reporl«\.i' | ed by the Congressional Record: [ ol i R R, The Acting President pro tempore laid before FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 29 _WORD% OFTEN MIS| ey 0 £ This is an uncertain day in|job.” Say, “They did an UNUSUALLY good job. he Senate a letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior transmitting a draft of proposed legls:auon[ for the protection of walruses in Alaska.” “No One Can Stop Me” i‘ \ o VI\ o= 1’()!7; q (Philadelphia Record) Mussolini’s speech should have been made in| Bologna | If Germany will property distribute the food Obviously it was ‘necessars, to, ‘- the! supplies available in Europe, there will be no star- riayian people after the new Guadalajara in Greece. vation on the continent this winter, evidence pre- The Duce had promised his people their armies | rented by the English reveals. The fact that Hitler would be on the march; but none had supposed it | has the reserves to feed both Germany and the would be a backward march. Even when he now | conquered nations was brought out in an answer to cries, “Once I h: started nothing can stop me,” demands by former President Herbert Hoover and raises the question: “In which direction?” | The Duce's roars were loud. Yet we doubt they| obscured for the Italian people the unpleasant sig- nificance of such phrases as: at food be sent through in Europe others in the United States t the British blo ot de to @ famine getarding . to. Britisl, sources, ‘BHigoc normally ‘Pacifism is outdated in this era of cannon and| imports only 10,000,000 tons of foodstuffs to add 10 .0, he jdentity of Italy’s views with Germany's the 278,000,000, usually produced. Granting that is perfect. Every time the Fuehrer and I meet | agriculture suffered when laborers were mobilized iy’ consecrates the harmony and friendship in all| for war, it is believed that Europe still has enough fields.” food providing Hitler will allow its fair distribution Or this succulent bit: | did not need our aid fin France), but| instead of hoardir to feed his soldiers, It is “Germar pointed out that the Na boast of a 7,000,000-ton I am grateful to the Fm-hx»r_fnr )mvm;_; accepted ourf wheat reserve that this, plus the live stock aid, Which consecrated our rncndsmp. wnh_ blood.” slaughtered in Low Countries, would furnish More to the point was Mussolini's insistence lhazl 2 5 he will fight the Greeks on his own, and that: e | “We will break the backbone of Greece. The| The English admit that the winter will bring|war has just started.” suffering to thousands upon thousands of subjugated Quite a few Italians, we suspect, thought it| people—even to German civilian But they reason|almost finished. They had been promised a swift| that Hitler made himself responsible for these people | conquest; they had been led to expect the kind of clean sweep Hitler engineered in Poland, Norw when he conquered them. England cannot relax the blockade, for such an action would immeasurably | Holland and France trengthen ‘the enemy. Yet however thin Il Duce sliced the verbal sala- Much of the continental food supply goes into|Mi for his people, his speech confirms, before the 3 world, the truth of the reports of Greek victories German war production. It is estimated that a : and a Fascist rout B Lt o ot potiare Tave lipes), MGRD. k0 DEOHICS Up until this speech, we had discounted the fuel alcohol, milk is used for casein, and fats go into| . oo oo We remembered how Finland won the production of glycerine and nitro-glycerine her war in the headlines, only to lose it in the field. Most of Hitler's conquests were made under gyt Il Duce’s failure to deny the Greek claims of the name of “protection.” Yet Holland was looted success; his weak attempt to minimize the British of 80 percent of its bulter recerves in a week. Den-|victory at Taranto—those leave no doubt at all. m s pigs and poul re being slaughtered, canned Italy yet may crush Greece. But the Duce him- self wants time. All the while Britain gains time herself to rush reinforcements and bolster her whoie nd sent to Germa 's entire catch of fish is ian farmers received not a large percentage of grain and live- | Mediterranean front. Wik B ok sonld e taken ‘over Tor-the 80cd ‘of the stated This bend in the Axis may be the break in the The western grain reserves of France, confiscated ™' e by Germa slded 2,000,000 or more tons of food for the Nazi army | The chief trouble with the French vintage of Hitler apparently openly : is look- 1940 is that it has too much Vichy in it. an antidote to Senator Hiram danger to Gibraltar, who now Johnson when he came out for Will- ent want the United States to bail them fia;hingfon out with a hundred million dollars. kie. Downey also put in some tell- Me"Y' Confidential military reports from |ing licks for Senator Bob LaFol- r cpain, however, indicate three|lette in his very uncertain battle JO'Roufld hings: 1st, the Spanish people are |for re-election. | Townsend, who tries to run his | movement with an iron fist, was | very peeved at Downey's independ | ence and when the Senator tried tc | see the “old Doc” in Chicago dur- o fed up with three years of bloody ivil war that they won't fight in — | any foreign war not of their choc ng; 2nd, Spain is so badly defend- d that her harbors would be easy Couitin irom Page One) ed to resign at his last nce with the President. Roo- e " et ina consider 1 argets for the British fleet; 3rd, ing the campaign, Townsend gav i\V‘lf:)L:cr}\]i‘d ;I‘:.l!ffl (;‘,;‘r“'”l:h\x.“::‘l he Spanish people actually are near | him the cold shoulder. But th e, Joe?” he protested. A revolt, which is the secret reason Ll(.‘cf,k)n returns changed Townsend’s wmedy contended that he was|Why Franco wants the hundred mil- | mind. | | needad in London. “Judging |lon. Without food, the old Loyalist| This was the second presidentia he amout of work I turned in | 3oVernment might come back again. | fight in which he took a licking. Ir last two months over there”| D other words it looks as if the 1836 he had teamed up with Fathe areer clique inside the State De-|Coughlin behind William Lemke sartment is still trying to keep in|Who wound up with a few hundrec power the man they secretly back- |thousand votes. Also, the big Dem- d during the Spanish civil war. |ocratic Congressional victory was no TE—It is unlikely that Hitler |solace to Townsend. So he hot- vants Spain to come into the war footed it to Washington, and, hat ot. Spain has been too valuable |in hand, went to Downey's offic s a neutral through which sup |and made his peace. plies, foreign agents, and even fooc | However, he still has to placate sould be smuggled. Much of Spain’: |2 number of Democratic members 0od shortage comes because France | of the pension bloc in the House. ued, “I'd say almost anyone id qualify for the job. You know like to keep busy, but all I did there to sit around anpd watch the wa But Rooseve ted this argu- ment and insisted that Kennedy think it over “for a couple of weeks.” | From his private remarks since then, Kennedy still seems determined to 1t re, ani, g1 R .| nsed wheat to pay for arms he re- | During the campaign some of them from a large newspaper chain which | Probability is that if the British | Someone more politically adept. he helped refinance several years|D Ut BIMS in the hands of Franco's (Copyright, 1940, by United B e ane no rial | zrowing political opposition, _they Feature Syndicate, Inc.) ion, but returning to London def-|¥ould have an army in Spair ey inifely seems the last thing he in- which would completely m-‘mrahzt - - s fo do. he Axis there. The Loyalists are ' still ready to fight, but against l HELP AN | SPA BRIBE | Franco, not for him DR. TOWNSEND APPEASES Senator Downey of California and | Dr. Francis Townsend are pals once | They split during-the cam- i | The career clique of fa ,(-M-miml—‘ €d appeasers inside the State De- | partment has dwindled in size and | strength since Europe’s tragic his- _ tory proved the fallacy their | MOT€ 2 However, they are | balgn. ~ course in Spain. . still strong enough to urge a loan| The gaunt tycoon of the old age pension movement, after wangling . (or gift) of $100,000,000 from the | Export-Import Bank to General|a letter from Senator McNary which ALASKAN Telephone 713 or write The Alaska Territorial Employment Service for this qualified worker. BARTENDER—Young man, of Franco, dictator of Spain. , vromised nmhin'g, but which Town- | gate cocktail bars, mix drinks, Furthermore, it may be that the send claimed was an endorsement | gorve etc Call for ES 218, " career clique will get away with it.| of pensions, plumped for Wendell urge that the hundred mil-| Willkie. Whereupon, Downey, who TS REA PN lions be advanced to Spain in order is the No. 1 Townsendite on Capi- to keep Franco from coming into ol Hill, and who had been cool to claim AIR PILOTS IN DEMAND! ALASEA SCHOOL OF AERONAUTICS “. gy third term, jumped vigorously ;5 s h t0 the fray on the President’s he country will remain neu- | side. \n e British, whose| And the Californian cut a lot of was .even . n ice.. -He not only offset the “old . Doc” among his followers, but was - “really I | these facts, it seems extremely | serious difficulties. Farmers are 'to age 23, mixed blood, good appearance, °Xperienced as kartender in up-to- P - — — —— 1740 NOVEMBER 1940 | 7[8[9 || 1415116 Lee E. Lane, Joe E. Masterson g Joe Edgar Bovick and Mrs on the Jefferson. HAPPY BIRTHDAY NOVEMBER 28 Ingram Varnell Dan Stanworth ol | General Land Office planetary direction, but benefit as- pects dominate. It is favorable iv| as in OF. the advancement of one’s plans. | OFTEN MISSPELLED: Maze Construction work is well directed, (Indian corn). but it may slow down under this SYNONYMS: Therefore, wherefore, hence, consequently, accord- configuration. | ingly, so. Heart and W re b g . " B4 - Hota:. Walien . 44 WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us fairly fortunate under this con-| ¢ "yl i teri ToR enoh d Today’s WoN rxgumnqn which encourages them increase our vocabula y mastering one word each d ‘oday’s wor Ar-| PENITENT; feeling pain or sorrow to sensible, practical inter | tificial manners will be discarded| @nd for they faults contrite.’—Milton. with cosmetics in coming months| when service to humanity MH“ overcome the self-centered traits| } common among modern girls. Nurs-| ing and the care of children will} be studied. Under a new order of | % things those who pursued pleasure| { will follow high callings in which| . Q.‘) Should a girl refuse a dance in a curt manner, or without a good | service and sacrifice are necessary.| 'CooOn? 3 gt thib airile ite il D oRie A. Never, The man has paid her a compliment by asking for a of necessity by many who will find| 92nce, and it is very ill-bred if she refuses unless for a very good happiness in it irmmn_ Business Affairs: Financial pron- Q. When issuing formal invitations should they be written in the lems will be met by many $malll first cr second person? businessman at this time whr!n! A. Neither; they should be in the third person. big corporations are engaged on Q. How C a hot meat and gravy sandwich be eaten? government contracts. Unusual eco- A With the and fo nomic conditions will develop and| 1 LOOK and LEA benefit through extraordinary de- mands upon them for the product of the earth. Vegetables are to LE kept fresh for the man in ca and on battleships, by a new How many squares are there 120 YEARS AGO 7#%: mmrire NOVEMBER Tutey, J rived the evening before from the South Mrs. J. T. Miller left on the Alameda for Cordova. To raise a Christmas fund for the Pioneers at the home at Sitka, & committee composed of Mrs. Thomas Riggs, Mrs. George T. Jackson and Mrs. R. E. Robertson began work soliciting donations. An application for an oil leasing and prospecting permti was re- | ceived late the afternoon before by Frank A. Boyle, Registrar of the The application was filed by Peter Carlson of OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Soft. (intricate network of paths). O e - MODERN ETIQUETTE ** goprrra rEE OTeSIZNE Will D NECESSATY 10 AVOT ] | 5o o om0 e . A e THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, THURSDAY, NOV. 28, 1940. 28, 1929 Virgin, Nick Virgin, M. K. through the interior spoke of the not say, “They did an extra good Pronounce the O as in DOG, not Maize for sins or offenses. “Be penitent, SRSt &d C. GORDON ! on a chess-board? fall to the color of its and shops of the country. It is to] be remembered that wars ave re- sponsible for removal of women's H H industry from the home, As G"'s 'o Frlends ‘ International Affairs: Uprisings | and conflicts will disturb many T | small nations as the network of| BARKER, Texas, Nov. 28 — intrigue is spread over the entige| Though he himself cannot lwar.; zlobe. While dictators are ploti against the peace of nations that' desire to remain undisturbed, im- Fred Smith, 84, has brought music| into the homes of many friends by | ternal troubles are bréwing in Ger- i;rf\ 0(:..‘] ‘.l?],m; ma':uracture.d i many, Italy and Spain. Disease ant] e, n1tho ]";" l's' ),‘_ "U’m sells starvation are to become: means of| O . “'0ush he has made 46. preventing the consummation of| ~The one I am proudest of” overpowering ambitions. Smith said, “I carved from the Persons whose birthdate it s/ Stump of a uoia tree more than have the augury of ups and downs|1400 vears old. I got permission in the coming year. Temptation to to gcl the stump from the Sequoia extravagance ‘should be overcome, |National Forest.” cess that brings profit to agricul 2. Who is Jean Sibelius? turists. 3. What male bird changes its color in the ional Issues: The rh.~nphxu-‘mn(v? necessary for preparedness is (ol 4. What does “upstage” mean in theatrical parlance? arouse stubborn opposition among 5. In what State is Yosemite National Park? persons who preach the perils of| ANSWERS dictatorship. Recognition of the| 1. Sixty-four. fact that the world has changed, 2 A well known Finni 3 f and with it the United States, 5| 2, ,“9 nown Finnish composer of music. imperative in the proper readjust- 3, e henaling. ments as thousands of American 4. That part of the stage farthest from the audience. young men are withdrawn froui 5. California, civil life. Again women will assume o important positions in the offices| BODY iS FOUND ON STEVENSON ISLAND WRANGELL, Alaska, Nov. 28— The body of Walter Tucker, who was drowned a month ago with his wife Martha, has been found two miles from Lake Bay on Stevenson Island and has been identified by his brother-in-law, Homer Acton. been found. The couple lost their lives while| | on a hunting trip to Lake Bay, Children born on this day prob- ably will be restless in nature and difficult to direct. Independent and; energetic, they may be irresponsi- ble, especially in money matters. —————— NOTICE To Scottish Rite Masons: Special meeting Friday evening, | Nov. 29 at 7:30 for purpose of bal- | loting on candidates for our com-! ing reunion Dec. 4-7. Full atten- dance desired. WALTER B. HEISEL Secretary. adv. NOTICE OF HEARING OF FINAL ACCOUNT OF ADMINISTRATOR | In the United States Commissioner’s ' (Ex-officio Probate) Court for the | Territory of Alaska, Juneau Com- missioner’s Precinct. In the Matter of the Estate of ADOLPH FRANK COSTENOBLE, Deceased. ” The undersigned administrator of the above entitled estate, having fil- ed his Final Account of Adminis- trator and Petition for Distribution herein, the hearing on the same has been set by the said Probate Court at Juneau. Alaska, for Monday. the 27th day of January, 1941, at 10:00 o'clock A. M., when the Court will settle said account and also adjudi- cate and decree who the heirs and distributees of sald estate are. All| | Persons interested are hereby noti- |fied to file their objections or ap- ;‘pear and show cause, if any, at the |said time and place, why said ac- |count should not be allowed “and the heirs of said estate declared by ithe Court. S84 ~ Born in GORDON GRAY, | Scarsdale, Administrator, , First publication, Nov. 28, 1940. ' ‘The Kohlers stayed in Yes, This Is America, Son p The body of Mrs, Tucker has not | Director Drs. Kaser and Freeburger Bl y lr'ngren Buil PHONE udm — s Dr. A. W. Stewart DENTIST | 20TH CENTURY BUILDING Office Phone 469 _— Dr. Judsor Whittier CHIROPRACTUR Drugless Physiclan Office hours: 10-12; 1-5, 7-9 Rooms 2-3-4, Triangle Bldg. PHONE 667 Dr. John H. Geyer DENTIST Room 9—Valentine Bldg. PHONE 1762 Hours: 9 am. to 6 pm. —_—mmmm ROBERT SIMPSON, OPT. D. Graduate Los Angeles Coll~ge of Optometry ana ©Opthaimology Glasses Fitted Lenses Ground | The Charles W. Carter| Mortuary Fourth and Prankiin Sts. | PHONE 136 —— ey Have Your Eyes Examined by | | Dr. Rae L. Carlson OPTOMETRIST Blomgren Bldg.——2nd Floer Front Street—————FPhone 636 ! —_— - COOPER BUILDING L. C. Smith and Corona TYPEWRITERS Sold and Serviced by J. B. Burford & Co. “Our Doorstep Is Worn by Satisfied Customers” s DR. H. VANCE OSTEOPATH Consultation and examination free. Hours 10 to 12; 1 to 5; 7 to 8:00 by appoinment, Gastineau Hotel Annex ‘_Gouth Franklin St. Phone 177 5. —— McNAMARA & WILDES Registered '| CIVIL ENGINEERS Designs, Surveys, Investigations | VALENTINE BLDG. Room 3 Phone 872 ety Helene W. Albrecht PHYSICAL THERAPEUTICS Phone 773 Valentine Building—Room 7 | Junean Melody House Mausic and Electric Appliances Next to Truesdell Gun Shop Second Street Phone 65 —_— G?rmany while his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Kohler of N. Y., were on a vacation there, eight-month-old Ralph Kohler gets his first view of America from a port hole of a steamer. Germany 18 m of the war. JAMESC. COOPER | | | | | | Professional Fraternal Socleties Gestineau Channel Y B. P. 0. ELKS meet every Wednesday at 8 P. M. Visiting brothers welcome. H. E. SIM- MONS, Exalted Ruler; M. H. SIDES, Secretary. MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 141 Second and fourth Monday of each month G » in Scottish Rite Temple beginning at 7:30 pan RALPH B. MARTIN Worshipful = Master; JAMES W LEIVERS, Secretary. GUY SMITH DRUGS PUROLA REMEDIES PRESCRIPTIONS CARE- rULLY COMPOUNDED Front Strcet Next Coliseum PHONE 97—Free Delivery | “T-morrow’s Sivles | Today” ulorreny Junean’s Own Store "The Rexall Store” Your Relisble Pharmacists % Butler-Maurc | Drug Co. | v - PRESCRIPTIONS Post Office Substation| NOW LOCATED AT HARRY RACE DRUGGIST | “The Squibb Stores of Alaska™ “The Stere for Men™ ' SABIN’S Front St—Triangle Bldg. o o [ 7 = Iz b ar | 3 LUNCHEON SPECIALTIES ‘When in Need of DIESEL OIL—STOVE OIL YOUR COAL CHOICE GENERAL HAULING STORAGE and CRATING CALL UB Juneau Transfer Phone 48—Night Phone 481 FAMILY SHOE STORE “Juneau’s Oldest Exclus- sive Shoe Store” Seward Lou Hudsen Street Manager Try The Empire classifieds fa results. TELEPHONE—S51 COMMERCIAL AND SAVINGS ACCOUNTS * CAPITAL—$50,000 SURPLUS—$125.000 * 2% PAID ON SAVINGS * SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES JUNEAU—ALASEA EEC =T